The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.53° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.