The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1907
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
2:35 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.52° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.42° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.