The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 1981
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 50.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.61° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.28° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.