The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2077
Waning Gibbous
97.5% 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
10:02 PM
7:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1912
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 | 197.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.38° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.85° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| 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.