The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1934
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
5:52 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 143
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 | 308.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.42° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.75° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.