The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2119
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
7:19 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2431
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.2° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 27.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.95° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.21° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.