The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2039
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
7:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.75° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.24° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.