The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% 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
6:34 PM
2:31 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -104
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 | 151.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -27.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.84° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.43° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.