The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 2140
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.34° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.44° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.