The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
12:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 898
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 | 96.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.69° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.34° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.