The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2023
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
8:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.15° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.