The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 2, 2179
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:07 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3173
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 | 351.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.88° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.33° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.