The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2126
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
7:57 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2518
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.33° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.20° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.