The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2000
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
11:48 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 61.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.99° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.82° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.