The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1964
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
5:06 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 514
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.69° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.58° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.