The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% 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
4:32 PM
2:05 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 119.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.03° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.30° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.