The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
3:21 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2382
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.6° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.84° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.53° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.