The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 2019
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
11:39 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.41° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.93° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.