The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2014
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.30° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.97° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.