The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1939
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
10:39 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 227.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.32° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.84° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.