The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1921
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
9:45 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 25.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.61° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.74° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.