The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1954
Waxing Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:46 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 55.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.49° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.01° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.