The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2097
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
6:41 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.13° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.98° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.