The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1907
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
5:21 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.22° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.13° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.