The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2020
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
6:21 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:06 PM, is deepest at 12:29 AM and ends at 1:52 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.95° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.