The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
4:53 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 164.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 333.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.19° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.32° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.