The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2005
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
9:23 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.18° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.42° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| 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.