The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
1:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 110.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.21° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.32° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.