The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2050
Full Moon
99.5% 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
8:13 PM
6:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1578
Events on this date
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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 | 173.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 324.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.51° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| 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.