The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
12:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1231
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 | 72.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.61° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.79° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.