The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
9:10 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 9.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.57° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.42° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.