The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1978
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
8:54 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 6.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.77° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.81° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.