The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
4:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 153.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.85° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.55° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.