The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 1970
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
10:41 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 22.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.76° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.78° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.