The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2068
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
11:35 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1801
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 | 71.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.79° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.18° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.