The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2050
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
7:14 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1578
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 | 188.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.60° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.