The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2067
Waning Crescent
34.0% 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
12:56 AM
4:00 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1788
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.25° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.47° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.