The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1954
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
11:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.47° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.55° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.