The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
12:32 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2914
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.27° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.33° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.