The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1912
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
11:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 252.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.39° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.38° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.