The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2013
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
5:41 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 313.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.85° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.16° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.