The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 5, 2172
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
5:15 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3086
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.00° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.