The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1985
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:15 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 773
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 | 220.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.69° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.22° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.