The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1929
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
7:09 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 81
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 | 324.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.81° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.84° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.