The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 2178
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:18 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3161
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 | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.82° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| 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.