The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2002
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
5:29 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.08° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.18° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.