The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2070
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
5:21 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1825
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 | 309.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.6° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.02° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.34° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.