The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1970
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
9:54 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.06° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.13° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.