The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
2:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.85° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.91° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.