The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
12:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 104.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.60° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.53° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.