The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2130
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
9:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2568
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 | 6.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.36° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.04° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.