The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2095
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
11:38 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.83° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.02° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.