The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 2, 2164
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
6:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2988
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.98° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.