The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 2181
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
4:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3198
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 | 295.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.46° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.