The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2007
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
10:32 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 227.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 0.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.21° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.03° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.