The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2010
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 263.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.02° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.07° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.