The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1875
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 66.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.18° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.73° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.