The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1939
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
11:36 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.30° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.04° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.