The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2096
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
6:41 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2147
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.93° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.46° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| 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.