The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
1:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 427
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.21° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.35° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| 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.