The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2050
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:42 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1578
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 | 216.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.83° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.