The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 5, 2060
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
1:05 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1701
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.66° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.18° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.