The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:21 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 229
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 43.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.87° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.14° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.