The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
1:34 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 124.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.11° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.13° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.