The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1918
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
7:13 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.63° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.86° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.