The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1901
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
7:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.72° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.58° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.