The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 2079
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
12:57 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.21° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.02° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.61° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.