The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 2, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% 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
6:16 PM
3:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2951
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 | 140.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.78° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.54° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.