The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2014
First Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
12:02 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.88° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.74° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.