The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2000
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
11:18 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 48.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.28° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.06° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.