The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2004
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
8:30 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -13.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.85° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| 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.