The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1936
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:27 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 168
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 | 213.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.48° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.27° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.