The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1953
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
6:13 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 26.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.79° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.56° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.