The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2023
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
9:54 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.08° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.22° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.