The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
2:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2011
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 | 137.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.55° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.32° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.