The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
3:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 465
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.83° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.72° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.