The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2020
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
6:13 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.78° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 169.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.