The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
5:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2147
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 | 173.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.74° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.