The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 1939
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
8:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 205
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 | 206.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.58° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.45° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.