The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 1938
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
11:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 73.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.03° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.60° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.18° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.