The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2031
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
9:41 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1343
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 | 216.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.14° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.