The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1974
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
8:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 207.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.24° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.65° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.