The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1943
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
9:43 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 255
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.69° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.75° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.