The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 2187
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
8:42 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3271
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 351.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.77° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.48° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.