The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
2:43 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1776
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.40° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.12° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.