The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2008
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
9:55 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.88° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.74° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.