The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2096
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
7:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2147
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 | 198.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.38° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.