The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
2:40 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3149
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 | 136.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.37° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.13° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.