The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 2086
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
5:59 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2023
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 | 315.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.25° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.76° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| 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.