The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
2:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2073
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 | 126.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.63° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.36° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.