The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
3:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1974
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 | 144.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.90° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.77° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.