The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2038
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
10:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 21.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.58° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.94° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.