The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1986
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
7:56 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 786
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 | 336.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.1° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.02° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.26° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.