The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1926
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
6:57 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.20° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.42° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.