The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2121
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2456
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.66° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.03° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.