The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1923
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:57 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 7
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.70° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.06° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.