The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1940
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
9:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 218
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.07° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.94° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.