The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
1:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1603
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.16° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.15° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.