The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1943
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
11:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 255
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.60° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.02° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.