The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1910
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
6:12 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -154
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus 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 | 326.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.7° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.36° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.55° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.