The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2109
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2308
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 | 74.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.45° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.41° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.