The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2186
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
9:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3260
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 | 215.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.99° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.24° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.