The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2062
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
8:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1726
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.6° / 130.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.46° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.52° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.