The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1906
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
5:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:10 AM, is deepest at 8:00 AM and ends at 9:49 AM. Totality lasts from 7:09 AM to 8:50 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.55° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.