The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 2024
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
9:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.32° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.61° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.