The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2037
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
1:26 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1417
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.22° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.45° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.