The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2099
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
7:48 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2184
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.03° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.81° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.