The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1945
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
7:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 197.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.93° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.25° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.