The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 2056
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
2:31 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.05° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.84° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.