The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
3:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3186
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 | 140.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.65° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.74° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.