The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1983
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
2:47 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 749
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 | 277.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.39° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.91° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.