The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
12:30 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -141
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 | 120.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.18° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.20° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.