The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1909
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
9:49 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.57° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.