The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1996
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
10:21 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 225.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.78° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.82° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.