The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 2189
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
2:43 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3297
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.03° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.46° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.