The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1905
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
9:27 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 119.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.22° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.39° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.