The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2012
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 205.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.17° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.41° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.