The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2005
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
10:07 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.94° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.93° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.