The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
5:23 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 836
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 | 168.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 326.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.95° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| 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.