The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2043
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
8:53 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1491
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 129.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.57° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.70° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.