The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 2053
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:16 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1615
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 | 236.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.90° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.43° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.