The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1984
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 762
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 | 71.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.69° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.98° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.