The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 5, 2184
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
8:09 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3235
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 | 350.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.72° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.48° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.