The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2156
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
8:52 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2889
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 | 208.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.27° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.21° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.