The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2057
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
11:40 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1665
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 | 59.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.44° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.41° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.