The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1943
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
10:14 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 255
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.54° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.51° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.