The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2098
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
11:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2172
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 | 72.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.59° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.27° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.62° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.