The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2003
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
11:30 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 55.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.34° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.41° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.