The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1906
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
6:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 195.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.38° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.56° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.