The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2005
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
8:56 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.2° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.33° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.33° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.