The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1961
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
2:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 276.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.93° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.04° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.