The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2000
Waxing Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 73.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.25° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.37° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.59° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.