The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1915
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
4:13 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -92
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 | 300.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.00° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.45° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.