The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
3:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1776
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.0° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.23° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.93° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.