The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1929
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
8:09 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.9° / 167.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 26.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.83° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.09° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.