The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1993
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:42 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 204.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.72° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.24° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.