The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1942
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
3:40 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.54° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.09° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.