The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 465
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 353.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.88° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.53° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.