The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1973
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 625
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 | 69.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.16° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.62° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.