The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 5, 2156
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
8:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2888
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.29° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.79° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.