The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.23° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.38° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.