The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1905
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
10:03 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.60° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.15° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.