The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
12:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -42
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.17° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.31° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.