The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
8:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 203.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.04° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.64° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| 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.