The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2019
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
11:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 49.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.54° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.27° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.