The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
1:45 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 126.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.55° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.90° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.