The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 2013
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
7:41 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.8° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.52° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.90° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.