The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1904
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
2:10 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -228
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 | 283.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.95° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.21° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.