The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1927
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 57
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.51° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.17° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.