The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2059
Waning Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
4:29 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1689
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.93° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.90° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.