The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1904
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:13 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.90° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.77° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| 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.