The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
10:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 52.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.60° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.84° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.