The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2011
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
11:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 79.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.40° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.38° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.