The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1928
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
8:23 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 69
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 | 204.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.83° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.48° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.