The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2013
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
6:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.0° / 213.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.67° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.41° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.