The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2034
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:21 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1380
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.03° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.82° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.