The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1967
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
8:57 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 551
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.67° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.95° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.