The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2088
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
8:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2048
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.44° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.03° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.