The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2019
Waxing Crescent
9.5% 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
9:23 AM
10:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 35.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.69° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.51° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.