The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1966
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
10:26 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.88° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.24° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.