The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2081
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
9:20 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1962
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.49° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.44° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.