The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1978
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
8:20 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 140.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.85° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.95° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.