The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1936
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
8:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 168
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 | 199.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.03° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.08° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.