The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
1:53 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1739
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.80° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.75° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.