The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2170
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3062
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 | 254.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.18° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.44° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| 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.