The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
1:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1603
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.01° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.94° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.