The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
4:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 836
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.8° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.37° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.71° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.