The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2024
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
8:07 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 338.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 76.4° / 166.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.84° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.64° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.