The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
1:52 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 94
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.49° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.