The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
12:30 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1739
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.25° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.16° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.