The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1962
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
11:33 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.72° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.22° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.