The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1953
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
4:15 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 289.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.46° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.10° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.