The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
2:55 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1875
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 | 134.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.57° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.53° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.