The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1982
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
7:00 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 737
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 | 188.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.07° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.08° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| 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.