The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1980
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
2:07 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.47° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.85° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.