The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2005
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
10:23 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.42° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.80° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.