The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1946
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 76.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.26° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.35° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.