The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 2148
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:04 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2790
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.61° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.63° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.