The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
12:50 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1504
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 | 111.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 86.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.70° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.74° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.