The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2042
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
8:32 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1479
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.49° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.83° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.