The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
3:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2011
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 | 150.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.3° / 17.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.05° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.13° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.