The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1995
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 898
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.84° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.55° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.