The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2038
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:15 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 47.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.97° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.45° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.