The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1927
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
11:38 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 57
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 | 56.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.62° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.40° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.