The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2084
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
9:51 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1999
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.34° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.51° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.