The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2057
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
10:46 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1665
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 | 35.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.27° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.88° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.