The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1913
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
8:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -116
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.05° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.06° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.