The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1951
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
9:44 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 19.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.87° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.95° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.