The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
10:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.62° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.