The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1914
New Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
4:51 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -104
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.54° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.05° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.