The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.81° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.93° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.