The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
1:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1837
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.78° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.