The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1917
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
8:33 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 215.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.04° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.95° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.