The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
3:18 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 464
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 | 135.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.96° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.33° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.