The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2045
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
12:00 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1516
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 | 242.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.60° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.83° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.