The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
2:57 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2815
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.55° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.52° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.