The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2134
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
6:53 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2617
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus 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 | 187.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.73° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.