The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1999
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
3:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 282.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.26° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.30° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.