The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 4, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% 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
5:33 PM
1:50 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3149
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 | 125.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.52° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.33° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.