The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 2058
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
7:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1677
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.61° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.03° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.