The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2151
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
11:08 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2827
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.44° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.