The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.40° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.02° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| 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.