The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1932
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
10:06 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.80° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.52° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.