The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 2078
Waning Crescent
18.2% 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
2:40 AM
5:24 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.74° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.54° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.