The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.44° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.81° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.