The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
5:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 972
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.03° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.53° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.