The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1955
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:30 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.71° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.05° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.