The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
12:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.83° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.53° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.