The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2001
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
6:40 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 972
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.91° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| 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.