The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1908
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
11:09 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 70.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.28° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.24° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.