The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
1:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.21° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.93° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.