The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1928
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 69
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.86° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.