The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2084
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1999
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.85° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.26° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.