The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2102
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
1:12 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2221
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 | 255.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.82° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.01° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.