The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2197
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
12:05 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3396
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.34° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.63° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.