The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
3:20 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -203
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 | 155.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.10° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.00° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.