The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1996
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:29 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 910
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.92° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.02° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.