The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 172.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 355.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.62° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.60° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.