The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 1924
Waxing Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
11:02 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.61° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.83° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.