The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1924
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
11:35 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 58.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.98° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.60° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.