The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2246
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 | 166.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.92° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.12° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.