The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1962
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
11:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.88° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.45° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.