The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1988
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
12:56 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 810
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 | 259.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.21° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.