The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1976
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.12° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.36° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.