The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1962
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
10:39 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 35.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.01° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.69° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.