The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2155
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
11:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2877
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 | 81.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.74° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.97° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| 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.