The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1993
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
7:43 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 873
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.54° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.05° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.