The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 32
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.83° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.69° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.