The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 1999
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
11:46 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 243.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.18° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.66° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.