The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1996
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 263.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.81° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.43° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.