The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2116
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
4:20 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2393
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.84° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.91° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.