The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2056
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
4:10 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.74° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.72° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.