The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1958
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
12:19 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 440
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.14° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.83° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.