The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2107
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
7:19 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2283
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.27° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.