The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
2:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 328
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 | 120.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.84° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.