The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
2:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 94
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune 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 | 138.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -27.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.72° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.72° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.