The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2001
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
7:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 972
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.77° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.85° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.