The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2078
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
5:39 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1924
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 | 306.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.36° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.94° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.