The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2015
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:16 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.48° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.62° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.