The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1984
First Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
1:09 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.00° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.17° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.