The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
2:50 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 699
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.31° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.73° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.