The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
2:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2815
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.76° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.72° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| 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.