The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
5:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.31° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.55° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.