The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2102
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
10:53 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2221
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 | 230.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.61° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.