The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1947
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
7:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 304
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.07° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.07° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.