The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1996
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 242.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.78° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.61° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.