The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2018
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:01 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1181
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 | 262.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -1.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.23° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.