The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2046
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1529
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 | 44.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.05° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.90° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.