The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 156.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 1.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.72° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.32° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.