The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2103
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
8:29 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2233
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.03° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.32° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.