The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2197
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
1:03 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3396
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.22° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.84° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.