The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2010
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
5:02 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 299.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.83° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.75° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.