The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 2178
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
1:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3161
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 | 256.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.49° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.24° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.