The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2059
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
5:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1688
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.68° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.72° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.