The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2015
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:12 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.97° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.