The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2008
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
9:31 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.11° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.98° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.