The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2085
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
6:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2011
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.09° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 321.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.