The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1962
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
11:38 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 489
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.79° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.11° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.