The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2034
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:14 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1380
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.05° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.62° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.