The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2144
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.99° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.20° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.