The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2148
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
11:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2790
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 | 239.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.83° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.02° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.