The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 1980
Waning Crescent
37.1% 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
1:17 AM
3:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 285.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.60° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.49° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.