The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2062
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
7:21 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1726
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 | 326.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.2° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 28.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.18° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.02° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.