The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
5:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2716
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.10° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.75° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.