The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1977
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
10:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 675
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 | 221.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.86° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.01° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.