The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2087
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2036
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 | 81.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.58° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.38° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.