The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2141
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2704
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 | 44.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -3.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.71° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.29° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.