The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2080
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
8:05 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1949
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 | 200.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.69° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.23° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.