The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
11:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1232
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 | 67.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.18° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.39° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.