The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2043
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
8:41 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1490
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 76.5° / 147.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.70° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.05° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.