The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2106
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
10:55 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2271
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.96° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.27° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.