The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1989
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
9:46 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 824
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.48° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.56° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.