The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
11:38 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 55.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.71° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.26° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.