The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2043
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
9:23 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1492
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.44° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.05° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.