The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
9:43 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.90° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.