The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
3:18 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 836
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.3° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.03° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.90° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.