The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1908
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
10:44 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 59.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.07° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.47° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.