The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1951
Waxing Crescent
7.1% 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
9:08 AM
10:05 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.32° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.70° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.