The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 1947
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
6:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 304
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 | 186.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.01° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.88° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.