The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
4:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1640
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 | 159.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.52° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.96° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.