The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2079
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1937
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 | 79.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.02° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.20° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.