The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1920
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:17 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -30
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 | 246.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.49° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.46° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.