The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2069
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
8:26 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1813
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 | 201.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.64° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.24° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.