The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1917
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
7:17 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 201.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.95° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.77° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.