The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
12:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 99.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.20° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.