The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1992
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
10:45 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 861
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.67° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.64° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.