The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1937
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
6:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 180
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 21.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.67° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.43° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.