The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
9:55 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 15.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.73° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.82° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.