The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2194
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
6:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3359
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 10:56 PM, is deepest at 1:11 AM and ends at 3:26 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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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 | 185.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.02° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.45° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.