The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1923
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 7
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 | 257.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.84° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.84° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.