The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1929
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
9:35 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.91° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.41° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.