The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
2:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 139.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.09° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.61° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.