The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1950
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
12:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 341
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 | 246.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.91° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.02° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.