The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1981
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
11:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 725
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 | 43.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.51° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.86° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.