The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2121
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
12:08 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.42° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.61° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.