The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
5:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3421
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.48° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.55° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.