The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1935
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:26 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 46.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.08° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.84° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.