The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 1980
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
1:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 258.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.46° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.05° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.