The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1900
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
10:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 105.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.93° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.82° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.