The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1918
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
6:30 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.7° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.55° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.62° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.