The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2060
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.37° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.77° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.