The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2026
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
10:33 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1281
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.50° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.84° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.