The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 1, 1924
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
9:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.86° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.57° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.