The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 1997
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
9:51 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 923
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.76° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.74° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.