The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1916
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
9:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 51.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.67° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.90° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.