The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1996
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
12:35 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 251.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.58° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.22° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.