The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2147
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2778
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 | 76.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.61° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.77° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.