The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1985
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
8:05 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 774
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 | 201.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.86° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.44° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.