The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1917
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
5:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -67
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.76° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.58° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.