The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
7:20 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 885
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 | 339.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.07° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.09° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.