The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2156
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:09 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2889
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 | 222.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.15° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.40° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.