The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2124
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2493
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 | 261.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.26° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.46° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.