The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2019
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
10:12 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.67° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.76° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.