The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1967
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
7:28 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 551
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 | 328.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 76.0° / 210.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.52° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.