The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2049
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
10:44 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1566
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 | 53.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.39° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.23° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.