The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
12:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.64° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.57° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.