The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 1997
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
8:11 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 922
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 | 352.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 145.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.83° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.51° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.