The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2056
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
1:17 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1652
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 | 260.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.03° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.05° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.