The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1958
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:26 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 440
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 | 225.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 0.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.39° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.42° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.