The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
1:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3248
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 | 105.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.32° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.94° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.