The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
10:41 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 53.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.30° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.25° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.