The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2070
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
6:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1824
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 208.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.37° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.18° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.