The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1970
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
9:10 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.48° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.62° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.