The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1969
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
12:54 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 253.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.60° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.83° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.