The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1926
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
2:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 44
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 | 280.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.35° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.49° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.