The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2013
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
7:04 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 335.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 185.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.55° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.65° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.