The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 1953
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:02 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 377
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 | 292.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.16° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.68° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.