The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2193
Waxing Crescent
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
11:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3347
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.43° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.58° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| 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.