The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2159
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
10:49 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2926
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 | 229.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.05° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| 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.