The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 5, 2198
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
9:48 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3409
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.71° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.11° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.