The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
4:49 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1305
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.37° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.78° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.