The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1969
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
12:54 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 259.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.42° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.