The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1942
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
1:47 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.34° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.65° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.