The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
2:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2716
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 | 135.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.48° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.33° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.