The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1980
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
2:16 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.63° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.27° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.