The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2117
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:45 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2407
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.39° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.82° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.