The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
12:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2679
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 | 107.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.97° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.93° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.