The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 5, 2021
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
5:25 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.39° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.35° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.