The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 166.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.49° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.70° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.