The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1946
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
11:57 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.86° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.58° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.