The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -5
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 | 157.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 0.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.43° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.14° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.