The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1921
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
8:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -18
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.17° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.