The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
6:12 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 314.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.35° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.99° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.