The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
3:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 150.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.00° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.41° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.