The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
10:10 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 110.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / -0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.01° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.08° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.