The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1981
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
11:31 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.10° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.62° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.