The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
12:25 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 102.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.04° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.54° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.