The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2030
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
10:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1331
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 | 51.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.44° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.03° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.