The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
12:48 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1281
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 | 251.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.00° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.25° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| 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.