The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2071
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
12:17 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1838
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.01° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.79° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.