The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2022
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1232
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 | 80.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.33° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.