The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 1999
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.01° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.87° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.