The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
1:31 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 848
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 | 259.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.71° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.28° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.