The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 1997
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
8:47 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 923
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.94° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.24° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.