The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1932
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
9:42 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.00° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.76° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.