The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2122
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
9:35 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2469
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.02° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.35° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.