The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2113
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
1:15 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2357
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.37° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.25° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.