The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2089
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
7:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2060
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.17° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.89° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.