The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2136
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2642
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.92° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.79° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.