The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2023
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 234.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.63° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.41° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.