The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2061
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
8:39 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1714
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 | 206.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.63° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.63° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.