The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% 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
4:42 PM
1:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 118.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.46° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.31° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.