The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2007
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1045
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.69° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.81° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.