The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2143
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:01 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2728
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 | 255.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.42° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.04° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.