The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1970
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
9:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.29° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.38° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.