The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2031
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
6:00 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.39° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.