The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
12:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2308
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 | 100.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.84° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.97° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| 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.