The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
1:41 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.69° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.52° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.