The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1932
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
10:30 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 119
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 | 41.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.77° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.27° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.