The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2118
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
9:34 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2419
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.23° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.78° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.