The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1909
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -166
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.74° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.19° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.