The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2051
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
7:08 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 336.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 182.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.43° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.03° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.