The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
2:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.59° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.51° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| 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.