The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2122
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
10:12 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2468
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.83° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.01° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.