The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1912
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 229.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.67° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.96° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.