The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2016
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
9:45 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.51° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.18° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.