The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% 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
6:32 PM
3:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 145.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.67° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.51° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.