The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2072
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1849
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.58° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.58° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.