The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1905
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 60.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.00° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.91° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.