The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 1975
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
4:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 650
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 | 296.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.42° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.55° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.