The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1951
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:21 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.60° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.19° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.