The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2042
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1479
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.