The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 2, 2197
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
11:06 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3396
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 | 232.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.42° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.