The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
4:48 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 162.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 339.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -22.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.08° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.73° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.