The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:01 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.73° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.71° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.