The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2064
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1751
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.16° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.41° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.