The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1944
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
7:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.01° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.66° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.