The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2111
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
7:27 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2332
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.83° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.65° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.