The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1950
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
1:14 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 341
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.96° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.23° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.