The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2057
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:13 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1665
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.24° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.64° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.