The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2093
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
4:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2110
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.8° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.94° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.33° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.