The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
1:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2815
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.94° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.92° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.