The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2086
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
4:09 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2023
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 261.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 21.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.62° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.29° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.