The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:17 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 168.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.29° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.71° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.