The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2152
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
11:42 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2840
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 | 64.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.34° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.83° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.