The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 3, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
1:05 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3149
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 | 114.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.55° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.54° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.