The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
6:22 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 884
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.39° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.20° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.