The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1986
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
9:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 786
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.68° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.24° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 185.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.