The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
4:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 737
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 | 154.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.9° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.96° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.50° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.