The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1640
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.63° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.35° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| 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.