The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2183
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
8:31 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3223
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.00° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.62° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.