The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2163
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:59 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2976
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -3.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.77° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.85° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.