The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
4:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2715
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.35° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.58° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.