The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
9:10 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 123.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.32° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.38° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.