The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1933
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
6:04 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 2:40 PM, is deepest at 3:45 PM and ends at 4:51 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.75° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.