The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2078
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
6:45 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1924
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 | 319.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.38° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.