The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2008
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
11:06 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 34.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.97° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.15° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.