The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1992
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
11:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 861
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.68° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.47° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.18° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.