The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 2019
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
11:53 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 63.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.09° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.03° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.