The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1951
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
10:23 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.51° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.