The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
2:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -5
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.87° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.52° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.