The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
1:54 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2209
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 | 129.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.02° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.14° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.