The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2042
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
8:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1478
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 | 209.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.59° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.