The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2057
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
10:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1665
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 | 23.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.52° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.13° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.