The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
1:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 700
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 | 106.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.65° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.51° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.