The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1975
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
7:08 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 650
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 | 334.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.44° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.27° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.