The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 1975
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
6:20 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.30° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.03° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.