The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1983
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
6:14 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 749
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 | 316.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.71° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.61° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.