The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1974
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
7:02 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 638
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 | 185.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.40° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.