The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2016
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
10:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.15° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.93° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.