The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
1:32 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1838
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 | 110.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.99° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.36° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.