The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2053
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
12:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 248.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.80° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.67° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.64° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.