The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
12:56 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 113.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.99° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.33° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.