The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2099
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:49 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2184
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.40° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| 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.