The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1874
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.04° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.96° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.