The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
11:27 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1145
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 | 238.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.06° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.82° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.