The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1961
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
3:17 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.23° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.68° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.