The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2018
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
3:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 281.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.53° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.10° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.