The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
5:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1405
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 | 164.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 339.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.08° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.55° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.