The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1939
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
9:43 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 217.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.43° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.64° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.