The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
2:46 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1739
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 | 140.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.0° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -27.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.21° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.55° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.