The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2053
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
10:16 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 224.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -2.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.26° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.23° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.