The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
5:13 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1912
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 | 169.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.6° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.86° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.