The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2061
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
7:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1714
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 | 194.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.61° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.44° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.