The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2101
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2209
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.95° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.76° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.