The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
2:21 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 135.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.45° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.93° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.