The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2038
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
10:44 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1430
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.71° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.70° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.