The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2164
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
8:35 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2988
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.22° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.81° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.