The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2118
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
10:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2419
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 | 227.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.98° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.