The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2170
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
1:03 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3061
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.26° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.02° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.