The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
2:38 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 139.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 56.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.70° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.71° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| 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.