The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
12:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.79° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.18° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.