The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 3, 2181
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
3:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3198
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 | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.56° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.86° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.