The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
3:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1504
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 144.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.2° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -27.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.40° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.13° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.