The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1901
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
6:51 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.81° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.39° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.9° |
| 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.