The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1901
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
11:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.08° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.17° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.