The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1954
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
11:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.54° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.78° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.