The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
2:18 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3384
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 | 131.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -25.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.84° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.54° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| 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.