The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1946
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
1:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.66° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.77° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.