The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
1:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1739
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 | 117.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.16° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.95° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.