The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1993
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
9:40 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 215.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / 0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.75° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.43° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.