The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1989
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
10:27 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 824
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.77° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.08° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.