The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 2042
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
9:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1479
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.03° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.02° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.