The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
7:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 191.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.52° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.45° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.