The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2159
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
10:51 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2925
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -4.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.98° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.60° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.