The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2106
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2271
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 | 78.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.17° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.