The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2091
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
9:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2085
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.96° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.39° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.