The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1923
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
12:06 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 7
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 | 246.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.95° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.63° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.