The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2246
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 | 141.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.93° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.51° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.