The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1961
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
4:15 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.93° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.91° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.