The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2156
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
7:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2889
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.21° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.03° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.