The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1919
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
11:24 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 66.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.37° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.98° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.