The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
9:01 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 350.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.1° / 130.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.47° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.69° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.