The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2116
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
5:34 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2394
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 | 304.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.14° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.55° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.