The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
9:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1108
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 | 211.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.44° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.02° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.