The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1908
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
11:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.72° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.01° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.