The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2174
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
11:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3112
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.83° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.39° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.