The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2018
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
12:55 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.92° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.66° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.