The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1918
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
7:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 157.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.50° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.10° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.