The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 5, 2191
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
6:39 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3322
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.99° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.