The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1902
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
7:22 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 166.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.52° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.46° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 32.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.