The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
1:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2073
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.56° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.57° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.