The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 114.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.18° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.72° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.