The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:09 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1776
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 | 165.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.14° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.74° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.