The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1901
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
9:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.78° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.77° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.