The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 2098
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
12:59 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2171
Events on this date
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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 | 89.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.96° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.