The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1912
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:39 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 240.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.91° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.17° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| 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.