The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2182
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:40 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3211
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.51° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.27° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.