The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1947
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
7:49 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 303
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.02° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.63° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.