The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2015
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
9:05 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.74° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.43° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.