The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1942
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.88° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.44° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.