The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2068
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1801
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.78° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.96° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.