The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1935
Waxing Crescent
9.6% 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
9:38 AM
10:04 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 156
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.25° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.08° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.