The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1980
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
4:27 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 297.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.35° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.72° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.