The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
12:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 96.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 87.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.31° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.74° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.