The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 244.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.13° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.45° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.