The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2156
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:23 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2889
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 | 235.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.75° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.60° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.