The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1950
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
12:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.70° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.