The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
5:29 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2283
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 | 166.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 337.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.45° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.96° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.