The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2024
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
8:44 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 350.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 134.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.55° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.89° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.