The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 2003
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.40° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.