The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2072
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
9:51 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.04° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.81° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.