The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 166.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.92° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.36° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.