The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1901
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:15 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -265
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 | 235.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.97° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.