The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2021
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
7:05 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 326.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.8° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.48° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.23° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| 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.