The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2088
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2048
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.19° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.