The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2144
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
11:00 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.50° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.66° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.