The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2162
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2963
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.00° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.83° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.