The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2049
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
11:49 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1566
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 | 76.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.63° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.77° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.