The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1954
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
10:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 44.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.24° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.25° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.