The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2186
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
10:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3260
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.31° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.43° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.