The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2187
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
9:50 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3273
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.80° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.59° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.