The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
1:56 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1738
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.15° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.38° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.