The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1911
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
11:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -141
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.27° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.84° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.