The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
5:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3223
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 346.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.66° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.94° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.