The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% 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
6:32 PM
2:49 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.73° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.93° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.