The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2029
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
5:26 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1318
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.20° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.56° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.