The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 1966
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
9:27 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.04° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.04° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.