The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 1992
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 860
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.01° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.83° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.