The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2185
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
12:18 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3248
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 | 83.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.27° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.38° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.