The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1908
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
10:19 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 48.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.04° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.70° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.