The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2040
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
6:55 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 223.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.34° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.80° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| 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.